Systima Technologies, Inc. — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: AF141-138

Description

Systima Technologies will develop an ultra-low profile, modular carriage/release system by incorporation of various emerging technologies within the Munition Design. This system will nearly double carriage density compared to traditional bomb rack integrations. By eliminating the bomb rack altogether, the maintenance, cleaning and logistic costs are alleviated, along with the parasitic weight of the rack itself. This provides more opportunity to backfill with additional weapons to increase load-out. The system is both forward and backward compatible with legacy and future platforms, which integrates well within the direction of the Flexible Weapons Program efforts. An internal, electronic safe/arm system design meets safety requirements in lieu of conventional mechanical methods which allow the non-traditional packaging of many stores within a confined volume. This technology lends itself ideally to limited volume, internal bomb storage bays such as the F-35.